The Outpost (1995/I)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Joe Gayton

Writers:

Jonathan Craven (writer)
Phil Mittleman (writer)

Release Date:

8 October 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Government Created Him. Now They Must Destroy Him.

Plot:

A top secret experiment intended to produce a superhuman has gone terribly wrong. Now the creators, trapped in a remote desert outpost...

Plot Keywords:

Power Failure | Dream | Radioactive Waste | Brain Eating | Impalement

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Lance Henriksen	...	Stockton
Claire Stansfield	...	Joanne
John Diehl	...	Alex
Natasha Gregson Wagner	...	Wendy
Gregory Sporleder	...	Rob
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Scott
Dan Blom	...	Thor
Adam Solomon	...	Mark
John Apicella	...	Larry
Peter Shepherd	...	Frank

Also Known As:

Hills Have Eyes Part 3 (USA) (working title)
Mind Ripper
Wes Craven Presents Mind Ripper
Wes Craven's 'The Mindripper'

MPAA:

Rated R for sci-fi gore and some language.

Runtime:

94 min | Argentina:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

Kushner-Locke Company, The

Trivia:

Giovanni Ribisi's first film.

Quotes:

Joanne: Rob, I can fix it!
Rob: Yeah, well, I can fix it better.

Movie Connections:

References Alien (1979)

Well, Lance Henriksen is in it... that's a plus

A 'Wes Craven presents' movie from 1995, directed by Joe Clayton and starring Lance Henriksen. A group of scientists save a dying man they find by their desert stranded government outpost by injecting him with their experimental virus, of course, one of their colleagues goes overboard and the virus transforms the man into a near unstoppable monster with them trapped inside. Lance Henriksen plays the morally offended researcher who leaves the project before all this, but returns after receiving a call for help to save the man (pre-unstoppable death machine mutation).

Deciding to combine two trips in one he brings his family along with him (they're going on vacation afterwards) and proceeds to give them entry to the top secret government facility, thus putting them right in the middle of the chaos within. In case you can't tell, this one relies on the viewer to work with it a little and put aside some petty (see: major and blatant) details.

Overall though: Watch-able with mild bits of enjoyment. Note: The Outpost is commonly known under the title 'Mind Ripper'